What I saw on the web on 2022.1.27

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1. Check out this clever design for a toddler seat at a Japanese food court
   by Mark Frauenfelder
   https://boingboing.net/2022/01/27/check-out-this-clever-design-for-a-toddler-seat-at-a-japanese-food-court.html
   this is indeed clever
   via rss
   
   
2. Old Disney sound effect cartoons
   by Old Disney foley artists
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6C_xpdoEU
   this sort of stuff always fascinates me
   via boing
   
   
3. Uncertainty
   by Zach Weinersmith
   https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/uncertainty
   pass this on to the engineers you know
   via rss
   
   
4. Where Immigrant Women, Usually Exploited by Fashion, Run the Show
   by Patrick Sisson
   https://reasonstobecheerful.world/blue-tin-clothing-cooperative-chicago/
   always good to see more producer co-operatives!
   via rss
   
   
5. How a Big Mac Became a ‘Historical Artifact’ in Iceland
   by Alexandra Yingst
   https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/iceland-mcdonalds
   i'm still betting on the nefarious preservative
   via boing
   
   
6. Pluralistic: 27 Jan 2022
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://pluralistic.net/2022/01/27/extraordinary-popular-delusions/
   two good pieces here: one on the continuing effect of wealthy investors with too much money and not enough places to put it; the other on cops' fear of a fentanyl contact high which doesn't exist
   via rss
   
   
7. Kindness Pledge
   by Abby Graham et al
   https://kindnesspledge.ca/
   excellent idea
   via cbc news item
   
   
8. Mass transit systems are a SERVICE. they don't "lose" money, they cost money.
   by Lawyerman
   https://twitter.com/lawyerman_ktk/status/1464242704624144390
   well said, sir!
   via miriamthewalrus